Siti Aafiyah plays central role in mum’s projects

Sweet pair: Siti Nurhaliza and Siti Aafiyah.

Compiled by C. ARUNO, DIYANA PFORDTEN and R. ARAVINTHAN

THE daughter of popular songtress Datuk Seri Siti Nurhaliza may only be three but she is already taking on the central role in many of her mother’s projects, reported Harian Metro.

Most recently, Siti Aafiyah, whose birthday was on March 19, was appointed as the brand ambassador for a nutritious jelly drink for children and was also involved in her mother’s Legacy album project featuring songs for children.

Siti Nurhaliza said she was grateful that her daughter was cooperative.

“When we work with small children, we have to explain in a way they understand. I want to thank her nanny, who has been taking care of her and educating her a lot.

“I am grateful and thankful because at the same time, it makes my job easier. I don’t know what she does, but Siti Aafiyah always listens, ” said the 42-year-old.

Besides being an ambassador for products under Siti Nurhaliza’s company, the toddler also indirectly represents the business empire built by the singer and her husband, CTDK Holdings Sdn Bhd.

> The Malay daily also highlighted a community garden in Negri Sembilan, which had become a recreational place for military and police veterans to generate income.

The nine participants in the project had been growing vegetables and fruits since 2014 on a 0.9ha plot of land in Phase 1, Springhill Town, Port Dickson.

Pensioner Abdul Aziz Mohd Yunus, 57, said he had tried to work after retiring from the armed forces 15 years ago.

“But gardening is more fun because it’s more relaxing and healthier for me. Every morning and evening, we cultivate and water vegetables such as chillies, spinach, eggplant, kale, winged beans, mustard greens as well as corn and fruit trees, ” he said.

> A disabled man who was reported missing at an oil palm plantation in Kampung Parit Salam, Kluang, was found some 5km from the location he was reported missing, reported Sinar Harian.

Renggam Fire and Rescue Station chief, Assistant Fire Superintendent Ashraf Nur Mohd Yusof said it received an emergency call about the 46-year-old man’s disappearance at 8.41am on Saturday.

He said a Light Fire Rescue Tender machine from the station was sent to the scene to look for the man.

“When our team arrived at the scene, we got to know that the man had strayed into the oil palm plantation area in Kampung Parit Salam, ” he said.

The man was finally found by a villager at a shop in Taman Sri Bayu, which is about 5km from the search location.

The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.